page_title: Claygate
section_title: Commerce and services
hierarchical_section_title: Claygate / Commerce and services
caption_attribution_description: English: Claygate from Arbrook Farm
context_page_description: Claygate is a suburban village in Surrey, England, 13 miles southwest of central London. It is the only civil parish in the borough of Elmbridge. Surrounded by green belt, it lies outside the Greater London Built-up Area.
  Claygate was once in the main manor of Thames Ditton, but is now administered from Esher. It is primarily residential and has a small number of offices, outlying farms and two small shopping areas, the Old Village and the Parade, with hair and beauty shops, a supermarket, six pubs and a number of restaurants.
  Claygate lies on the Claygate Beds, a clay formation up to 15 metres thick, which extends well beyond the village. These beds are the youngest part of the London Clay geological formation, forming a transition between the clay and the sandier Bagshot Beds above.
context_section_description: "The Parade" is the larger of Claygate's two shopping areas. It starts at Claygate railway station and continues through The Parade itself into Hare Lane.
  Claygate has six pubs: one of the annual village traditions is a Boxing Day tour of these by Morris dancers.
  Local newspapers covering Claygate include The Surrey Advertiser, The Surrey Comet and The Herald, and two freely distributed newspapers, The Informer and The Guardian.  Claygate is in the editorial area of BBC Surrey, although its proximity to London means all of the capital's radio stations can be heard.
  There are several small farms in Claygate; many of the farms are or incorporate horseriding centres.
caption: Claygate from the direction of Arbrook Farm
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